[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] petarded2 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Da chief FWB[/quote]ME sequels sucked, at least in terms of why i liked the first game. exploration, solid narrative, good antagonist, a feel of ancient mystery and discovery... i just wish ME1 was less shallow. there was a *lot* of room for improvement with that game, and the sequels should've expanded on that rather than cut it all out and fill it with chest-high cover and irrelevant characters. ME2 should've explored all those places ME1 droned on and on about, in order to give them some meaning.[/quote] I actually kind of agree. ME2 lacks a central villain, we just have the looming threat of the Collectors and Reapers. With Saren, we had someone we could have Shepard relate to which gave our character a purpose to keep going - we were hunting him down. In ME2, there's too much fumbling in the dark to see if we go somewhere important and most of the time nothing happens. Side quests in ME1 were infinitely more sophisticated than the ones in the sequels. They'd actually interconnect and have resonant effects on the story - for instance with Xeltan/the Consort/Septimus, resolution of both these quests in one results in you being able to unlock the Prothean Sphere on Eletania later in the game but if you don't get the trinket then you're left wondering what it is. I love that kind of depth, but ME2 and 3 just don't have it (75% of ME3 is dashing around the galaxy map to get Space Bibles so people could fight the Reapers)... If ME1 had better combat and a more refined inventory system, it would have been perfect.